1. Soak your nuts for 10 minutes and then drain the water.
2. Then go ahead and smoke your nuts. The water helps the smoke adhere to the nuts. I
3. f using the smoking gun, put the nuts in a glass bowl covered with saran wrap and then insert the hose into the bowl.
4. While using the smoking gun (you will need to fill with wood, turn on and light and it will produce smoke), insert the tube where the smoke comes out into the bowl of pecans.
5. Keep it covered so the smoke is trapped. Do this until the wood chips burn out and then repeat a few times.
6. Let the nuts stay in the smoker for about 10 minutes and then remove the saran wrap. Let the nuts dry out before baking with them.
7. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
8. Meanwhile, in a medium sized saucepan melt butter on medium low and add the brown sugar and corn syrup and stir to combine.
9. Next, add the orange peel, bourbon, vanilla and cinnamon and remove from the heat.
10. Beat the eggs in a bowl and add to the sugar mixture once it has significantly cooled.
11. Roll the pie crust out into a 12” cast iron skillet slightly crimping the edges. Fill with the pecans. Pour the sugar mixture over the pecans. Bake for 50 minutes or until the mixture is set and the crust has browned.
12. Remove from the oven and let cool. Excellent served with vanilla ice cream or homemade whipped cream.

Enjoy!